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Peugeot, the French’s favorite brand, will be making three world premieres at Europe’s most important automotive event of the autumn season: the Paris Motor Show. The exhibition will be held from 17 to 23 October at the Porte de Versailles in Paris.
On the 900m stand in hall 4, under the brand promise “Everything is better with Impressive”, PEUGEOT will present 3 world premieres that showcase the high-speed electrification of its range and its sophistication:
- PEUGEOT 408 design it will be displayed in … an unusual way, available for viewing from any angle in a large and transparent field.
- PEUGEOT E-208 it will present a more efficient unit, 100% electric motor, the power of which has increased by 15% and the range by 10.5%.
- 100% electric scooter PEUGEOT e-Streetzonecapable of traveling up to 112 km on a single charge.
Fans of high-performance drives will also be able to admire PEUGEOT 9X8 Hybrid hypercarpresented for the first time at the Motor Show, and its street cousin, PEUGEOT 508 PSEwith a hybrid power of 360 HP, developed by the same team of designers and engineers.
At a special stand in hall 3, visitors will also be able to view hydrogen fuel cell technology: PEUGEOT E-EXPERT HYDROGEN will be on display, but will also be available for full-scale testing throughout the duration of the exhibition.
Finally, PEUGEOT will enable visitors to the Exhibition to meet some of its most famous partners during public days: supercar drivers. PEUGEOT 9X8 Hybrid, drivers of Stade Toulouse and Miss France 2022.
The Paris Motor Show is back at its best
After a long wait of four years, the Paris Motor Show will finally return to Porte de Versailles in October 2022, and PEUGEOT will not miss this meeting with French and European audiences.
At the 2022 event, the lion brand will once again demonstrate its prowess and ability to rapidly electrify many of its mobile products. The main star will be the innovative PEUGEOT 408, presented in an impressive stage …
The stunning world premiere of the PEUGEOT 408 fastback
In addition to the four models of the new PEUGEOT 408 that will be on display, visitors will not be able to miss the car placed in La Sphère, an extraordinary structure more than 6 meters high, transparent and pivoting, allowing visitors to view many. elements of its unexpected design from all angles. La Sphère was installed for the first time in July in the lens of the Louvre to make films that were posted on social networks on August 4; at the Auto Show, it will be seen by everyone all week!
The new PEUGEOT 408 Give visitors to the motor show new proof of the PEUGEOT teams’ skill in delivering an unprecedented high-speed rear view at the top of the C-segment: in the history of the brand and in the current car market, the PEUGEOT 408 is the first of its kind.
Unexpected, for different reasons, this wonderful PEUGEOT offersIn addition to the cat-like stance and unique appearance, the excellent engineering focused on performance and intelligent electrification, with two hybrid drives of 180 HP and 225 HP respectively that can be recharged, as well as the excitement provided by advanced technologies provided for driving pleasure and instinctive use.
PEUGEOT E-208 with the introduction of electric transmission in 2023
PEUGEOT is ahead of the curve when it comes to electrification. In 2030, 100% of the brand’s models sold in Europe will be 100% electric, 5 years ahead of regulatory requirements. And from 2023, all PEUGEOT vehicles will be electric, i.e. powered by a 100% battery of electric or hydrogen battery-powered engines, or rechargeable hybrids or hybrids.
To achieve this goal, PEUGEOT will accelerate the introduction of electric and electric models in 2023: the 3008 and 5008 will be the first cars in the Stellantis Group. which will receive a brand new 136 HP hybrid drive system, capable of reducing fuel consumption by 15%. In addition to the launch of the PEUGEOT E-308 sedan and E-308 SW station wagon, the brand will present a new version of the E-208 – the best-selling electric model in France since the beginning of the year.
Based on E-308 technology, new 115 kW / 156 electric motor (+ 15% power) and a new generation battery, along with a series of measures that have greatly improved its energy efficiency since 2021, the range of the new PEUGEOT E-208 can even exceed 400 km. The electric efficiency is exceptional, and the value of only 12.0 kWh / 100 km (usable energy / range), a benchmark among electric vehicles in segment B.
This new PEUGEOT E-208 will be displayed at the PEUGEOT stand.
PEUGEOT 9X8: competition, electric laboratory for future models
One of the highlights of the PEUGEOT stand will also be the PEUGEOT 9X8 HYBRID HYPERCAR, an innovative car entered from July in the Le Mans Hypercar category of the World Endurance Championship (WEC). In 2023, PEUGEOT and the 9X8 will be at the exclusive event of the 100th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Thanks to its unusual fluidity, look like a cat and Hybrid engine (707 hp twin-turbo V6 rear and 272 hp electric motor front)PEUGEOT 9X8 is the electrification laboratory for PEUGEOT road models. Starting with the PEUGEOT 508 PSE, it is also on the stand in the SW version: developed by the same team that created the PEUGEOT 9X8, it is powered by a hybrid engine that combines efficiency and high performance (360 hp) and is equipped with electric all-wheel drive. exceptionally comfortable driving.driving.
PEUGEOT e-EXPERT HYDROGEN hydrogen
We also invite you to hall 3 to test drive the PEUGEOT e-EXPERT HYDROGEN with fuel cell.
The hydrogen fuel cell, an attractive zero-emission technology ideal for large commercial vehicles, is already offered on the PEUGEOT E-EXPERT HYDROGEN mid-size commercial vehicle. The big advantage is that you can add fuel and hydrogen in three minuteswhich provides a full electric range of several hundred kilometers, regardless of the time spent charging the battery.
Fuel cell experts will be available at a special booth in hall 3, and accompanied by a brand expert, a 30-minute PEUGEOT E-EXPERT HYDROGEN test drive will take place near the Porte de Versailles.
With a range of 400 kilometers, 100 kW of power and 260 Nm torque, the PEUGEOT e-EXPERT HYDROGEN can transport up to 1,000 kg in a cargo volume of 6.1 m3.
PEUGEOT e-Streetzone 100% electric scooter for the first time on the PEUGEOT stand
At the PEUGEOT stand in hall 4, next to the PEUGEOT e-Solutions information wall dedicated to the services offered by the brand to users of its electric vehicles, visitors will also be able to view the new electric motorcycle from PEUGEOT Motorcycles: PEUGEOT e – Streetzone.
As proof that PEUGEOT is expanding its electric mobility offering also to two-wheeled vehicles, bicycles and scooters, PEUGEOT e-Streetzone will be available in two versions, with one or two batteries, the second offering a range of up to 112 km in ECO mode..
Thanks to its removable batteries, PEUGEOT e-Streetzone it can be charged quickly and easily from any household outlet. Thanks to its proven chassis and handling characteristics, the PEUGEOT e-Streetzone from PEUGEOT Motorcycles is the perfect vehicle for a city center tour.
Not to be missed celebrity events!
During the Motor Show Open Days, PEUGEOT will also enable visitors to meet some of its famous friends and partners at its booth in Hall 4:
- On Tuesday, October 18 afternoon, PEUGEOT 9X8 drivers Jean-Eric Vergnes, Paul di Resta and Mikkel Jensen will be speaking to fans,
- rugby fans will be able to meet Stade Toulousein players at the PEUGEOT booth on Wednesday 19 October; Antoine Dupont, recognized as the best player in the world in 2021, will be there too! The players of Stade Toulouse have been wearing the PEUGEOT logo on their jerseys since 1996. Under these colors, they won 7 French championships and 5 European championships, and twice in 2021.
- Diane Leyre, Miss France 2022, will be at the Simba Brand booth on Thursday.
A virtual visit for everyone: a digital and immersive experience at the PEUGEOT stand
As not everyone will be able to travel to Paris to attend the motor show, PEUGEOT will offer everyone a digital and immersive booth experience, with the added bonus of exclusive and creative content.
After entering the stage LeSalon.Peugeot.fr consumers will be in a reception room decorated in the colors of the PEUGEOT stand at the Paris Motor Show.
They will then be able to choose to travel freely between the different worlds (New, Sports, Electric, Frequency) or be guided through the stand in a completely new way thanks to a unique listening guide that changes according to the choices made.
It’s a different way to visit the Motor Show and (re)discover PEUGEOT without leaving your seat.


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"We were green before green was cool," says alumnus Ian Easton of his company, Canvas Systems.
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Ian Easton, BSM 1993, turned the dotcom bust of 2000 into a boom for his business, which refurbishes used IT equipment and systems for resale. "We never envisioned it taking off so fast," Easton says. "But there was a flood of equipment on the market after the bubble burst so the timing was great for us to grow."
Started by Easton in a hotel suite with a fellow Georgia Tech graduate, Ed Flachbarth (IE 1990) and three other partners, Canvas Systems has grown into a global supplier of used server-level networking hardware.
With 2008 revenues of $200 million, the Norcross-based business now has offices in London and Amsterdam, a joint venture in Singapore, and representatives based in many major U.S. cities. As the business world becomes more environmentally conscious, Canvas Systems is seeing its business continue to grow. "We were green before green was cool," Easton says.
What equipment the company can't refurbish, Canvas Systems sends to be recycled down to its basic components. "We follow it all the way downstream to make sure it's being reused or disposed of responsibly," Easton says. "We make sure we're not contributing to rivers of molten plastic anywhere in the world."
Even a downturn in the economy hasn't been all that bad for Canvas Systems. "We have gained some business because people want alternate channels to buy or lease less expensive hardware as well as save money on services," says Easton's partner, Flachbarth. "We have also built a growing services business around the data center, including hardware maintenance, disaster recovery, rentals, leasing and data erasure."
With more than 100,000 square feet of storage space in its Norcross facility, the company carries more than $100 million worth of equipment by such manufacturers as IBM, Cisco, HP, Intel, and Sun Microsystems that can be shipped overnight to more than 70 countries.
It also employs teams of certified engineers who are able to fix all types of hardware for clients when the need arises. "Don't let the Hawaiian shirts fool you. These guys are great engineers and their expertise is second to none," says Easton.
He and Flachbarth both entered the computer equipment field soon after graduation. While the two only briefly crossed paths during college, they were both recruited by the same company to work in roles involving the buying and selling of hardware and management of vendor relationships.
When that company began moving in a different direction, they decided to strike out on their own. They both now specialize in sales as co-owners of Canvas Systems and several subsidiary businesses, including Optimus Solutions, Corus 60, and IT Financial Solutions.
A native of Atlanta, Easton initially explored engineering at Georgia Tech but soon discovered that the management major better suited his interests and goals. "I really found my niche in the Scheller College of Business and thrived in that environment," Easton says. "It really prepared me for the business world and especially sales, where it takes a competitive edge to survive."
Because of the Scheller College of Business's strength at developing business leaders possessing both technological and managerial know-how, Canvas Systems regularly recruits at the business school as well as the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering. The company is also an active partner in the Co-op program for Georgia Tech students.
"We love to hire Georgia Tech graduates," says Easton. "Over the years, we have hired more than 50 employees from Tech."

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Indeed, just last week Billie Razors launched a campaign, starring women who've grown out their pubic hair, and it went super viral. The women behind Billie Razors said they wanted to change the way we demand certain things of a woman's appearance. They want to promote our right to do what we want with our body hair, whether it requires a razor or not, which had us here at GLAMOUR HQ keen to celebrate all manners of natural hair in all its glory.
Even as we celebrate the amazing women around the world living life on their own terms, we also know the importance of lifting up our male counterparts who support our bodily choices, too.
That's why Ben Hopper, a 37-year-old photographer from London, is top of our list of body-positive role models right now for his empowering photo series challenging outdated female beauty standards around body hair.
In a bid to upturn prescriptive beauty norms and celebrate women's natural bodies, Hopper captured dozens of women between 2016 and 2018 in his Hackney studio proudly showcasing their underarm and pubic hair.
The resulting photo series, which is aptly titled Natural Beauty, features 45 women questioning the widespread belief that body hair is unattractive or unhygienic with a spectrum of bold, unapologetic photographs.


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Tesla’s issues in Germany have now allegedly brought about a six-month deferral of the beginning of creation at Gigafactory Berlin, as per a neighborhood industry paper.
Gigafactory Berlin is one of Tesla’s most significant tasks right now since it will carry the Model Y to Europe, and it will present another age of the electric vehicle utilizing Tesla’s new underlying battery load innovation with its new 4680 battery cell.
It’s required to turn into a major piece of Tesla’s development story for next couple of years and help speed up electric vehicle appropriation in Europe.
Initially, the beginning of creation has been normal in July 2021, however the undertaking has run into certain issues.
The automaker has been having issues acquiring significant structure grants and ecological endorsements for the task.
It ran into certain issues with the water supply organization, earthy people who would not like to move some neighborhood creatures as a feature of Tesla’s deforestation of the site, and Tesla even terminated “Mr Gigafactory,” the designer accountable for Gigafactory Berlin project.
Regardless of those issues, CEO Elon Musk said a week ago during Tesla’s quarterly monetary call that he anticipated that production should begin this year:
Yet, presently another report happening to Germany’s Automobilwoche, am vehicle industry paper, expresses that Tesla’s course of events for Gigafactory Berlin has slipped to January 2022:
As indicated by the report, the administrative endorsement for the venture is important for the postponed course of events as Tesla allegedly told specialists that it will change its application.
The distribution additionally expressed that development delays are likewise having an effect on everything, including for the battery cell creation office that Tesla is working at the site.
During a similar recently referenced call held by Tesla a week ago, Musk likewise said that he anticipates that Tesla should begin volume battery cell creation at Gigafactory Berlin one year from now.


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During the pre-pandemic era, Disney World was the top vacation spot, with millions of visitors every year. However, many changes have transpired due to COVID-19. In March of 2020, the famous Disney World shut its gates to visitors and later reopened in July of the same year. Disney World reportedly lost $1 billion in earnings during those five months. COVID-19 restrictions and mandates heavily affected the reopening of the amusement parks.
Disney reopened with strict rules regarding COVID-19, such as mask mandates, vaccination cards, limited capacities, as well as ride and entertainment closures. In mid-July 2021, Disney World was operating at 25% capacity, and by October 2021, it was operating at 35% capacity due to limited gatherings laws. According to a report by Insider, Disney World experienced an 80% decrease in attendance from guests compared to 2019. Disney also experienced short staffing due to personnel being fired or furloughed during the shutdown and rising COVID cases.
In June of 2021, Disney World announced that firework shows would be canceled to discourage large crowds from gathering together. The pandemic also caused shorter operation hours, limited menus at some dining options, the elimination of Extra Magic Hours, no parades, Disney character appearances only from a distance (no pictures or autographs), closed playgrounds/play areas, no private Disney tours, no single-rider lines, show cancellations (Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, Indiana Jones, etc), and water park/ride closures.
In the early months of 2022, COVID-19 restrictions and mandates loosened, causing a massive influx of visitors to the Disney parks. As I spent Memorial Day weekend at Disney World with my family, many things have changed since 2021. Firework and parade shows are back on, single-rider lines are back, there are still a limited amount of park passes available per day, character appearance precautions have loosened, all rides/parks are open unless under construction, all shows are open, and mask mandates have been lifted.


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GitHub, the world’s largest software development versioning and collaboration platform, has today announced the newest version of Actions with extensive CI/CD capabilities and more.
Global analytics software provider, SAS, is providing its customers more and more interactivity with open source tools and platforms to work in the way they want, says Shadi Shahin, Global Vice President of Product Strategy.
Enterprises have a lot to gain from the coming iPhone, iPad and macOS updates announced at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference last week, with security, single sign-on, device enrolment features and more.
Great company Nokia. And I don't recall Finland or Sweden ever being accused of cyber-attacks on Australian networks or databases.
did this ever get sorted?
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This article is part of an Executive special report on entrepreneurship. Read more stories as they’re published here, or pick up November’s issue at newsstands in Lebanon.
We live in an age where technological discoveries, innovation and entrepreneurs finding uses for these discoveries are changing the way we do things, the way we understand the world and how we are connected to it. In many ways the changes brought on by information and communication technologies (ICT), like the groundbreaking inventions of the past that brought on the Industrial Revolution, have had highly positive consequences. Tech has brought down a lot of barriers — from inexpensive global communications to starting a business with minimum upfront costs. It has created high value jobs that offer higher pay to an increasingly specialized segment of the population. It has automated many repetitive manual processes, squashed out inefficiencies and provided advancements in many fields.
But it also has a downside in that it disfavors those who are not connected or who are not part of a specialized segment of the working population. “When you have this big of a mass assumption that connectivity is available for everyone and you start building around that, then those who don’t have connectivity are at a major disadvantage,” says Habib Haddad, CEO of Wamda.
Tech has also had a mixed impact on the labor market. When unskilled laborers do find a place in tech economies, they are given the short end of the deal. In Silicon Valley, blue-collar workers who work around the tech economy — as drivers and cooks — have begun to mobilize, calling out the practices of the tech giants who give them an unfair deal and prevent them from unionizing.
While anecdotal evidence seems to point to tech as a job-killer, it is harder to get a broad picture, and the overall impact of the tech boom on the global economy is hotly debated. A 2011 McKinsey report points to the role of the web in increasing the amount of global GDP. In a study it conducted surveying 4,800 small and medium entreprises (SMEs), it found that “the internet created 2.6 jobs for each lost to technology-related efficiencies.”
However, a 2014–2015 World Economic Forum report points to increasingly polarized societies with a “structural decline in the share of GDP accruing to labor, mainly driven by skill-biased technological change related to globalization.” The report cautions that this may lead to a high concentration of wealth “similar to that experienced by Western economies in the earlier stages of industrialization.”
Lebanon’s tech sector is still far from having a drastic macroeconomic impact on the country, unlike the US. Many institutions have popped up to foster tech entrepreneurship, which they hope will boost the creation of jobs. In fact, the larger part of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Lebanon revolves around tech. “If you look at the competitions, the programs and investment — it’s all focused on tech,” says Allyson Jerab, program manager at the AMIDEAST Entrepreneur Institute in Lebanon, noting that there were very few exceptions.
If the sector is to grow, as many enthusiasts hope, the question of whether or not the tech sector can provide enough jobs for an economy will be of increasing importance. Lebanon will be interested in promoting policies that keep the flight of talent at bay.
There is a strong case for promoting a tech sector. Lebanese talent is highly skilled and educated, and the costs associated with doing business in Lebanon are much lower than they are in, say, the US. Moreover, having a digital business, being no easy target for physical security attacks, negates some of the more traditional challenges of setting up a business in Lebanon.
While creating a tech hub in Lebanon would be an immense development for the country, going beyond the tech sector and fostering entrepreneurship in other budding industries could lead to a greater production of jobs for a more inclusive segment of the populace. “Now I’d love to see the same happening in other sectors,” says Sadi. “There are plenty of more traditional businesses that can also create jobs,” adds Jerab.
“I think there’s a huge opportunity in Lebanon to rebuild and develop the crafts sector,” points out Sadi. “I think that’s just like Italy or Spain, countries of economies that were built on the backs of SMEs with very high level craftsmanship. If you look at the handicraft that is here, it’s huge. And not so far back, if you look at the 60s and 70s, Prada used to produce their shoes in Lebanon.”
Focused initiatives to help promote industries beyond tech will likely create more viable means of living for people who are not as plugged in. Though perhaps requiring less hard training than our bound and determined engineers, it might have a greater macroeconomic impact in terms of number of jobs created, and thus of livelihoods improved. “Lebanon can build a great tech sector … But we’ll never be a tech economy,” says Sadi.


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The pace of technological development and implementation in the last year led to double-digit revenue and profit increases for the technology industry. As a result, the sector increased 35% as measured by the Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index. Best-in-class in 2017, though, were shares of Straight Path Communications (NYSEMKT: STRP), Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO), Systemax (GIC -2.75%), Universal Display (OLED 0.76%), and Control4 Corp (CTRL). The worst-performer of this group jumped "just" 192%.
The battle for 5G heats up
Telecom companies are currently vying for 4G network supremacy, but the stage is being set for the next war over 5G. That fight made headlines in 2017 when AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) got in a bidding war over 5G network patent holder Straight Path Communications. Verizon ultimately won out, agreeing to pay $3.1 billion for the small company.
The deal represented a more than four-fold increase to share prices prior to announcements that Straight Path had suitors and the stock quickly settled to near the buyout price of $184 per share. Verizon plans on using the company's technology to speed up its development and deployment of its next-generation network. The deal is expected to close soon.
Strong demand for laser-based manufacturing
Electro Scientific, a supplier of manufacturing technology for the semiconductor industry, has been benefiting from the new boom in connected devices. During the company's last report, CEO Michael Burger had this to say:
The current manufacturing environment is as robust as I can recall in recent history, which is driving demand for products across our portfolio. Although we do not expect these business levels to continue indefinitely, we believe the underlying technology trends will drive growth in our markets over multiple years, and our new business model should allow us to improve profitability and generate consistent earnings over time.
Fiscal year-to-date, revenues have nearly doubled, helping the company return to profitability. In the current quarter, management said to expect at least a 13% and 23% increase in revenue and adjusted earnings per share, respectively, compared with the last reported quarter.
Industrial technology is growing, too
Systemax, a retailer of "white label" products and technology to industrial companies, didn't post the same impressive sales figures as other names on this list. Revenues were up 7% through the first three months of its current fiscal year. It's the bottom line, though, where the numbers really shine.
The increased sales are helping the company scale efficiently, and the results are dramatic. Operating profits are up 350%, and earnings per share are up 680%. Management said it is looking for strategic acquisitions to help the company continue to grow.
Banking on better device displays
Organic light emitting diodes, or OLED, have become an important technology in today's low-power, high-definition displays. Universal Display, a leader in developing and distributing the technology, had a great year as a result. New smartphone models, TVs, and OLED lighting all contributed to the company posting a 77% rise in sales through its last-reported quarter.
OLED technology is still in the early stages of adoption, providing plenty of room for growth in the years ahead. The company has two potential tailwinds: selling materials and products used to build OLED displays, and licensing out its technology to product partners and earning royalty revenue. Both sales models have been doing well, and are showing continued signs of positive momentum that could help Universal Display power forward.
Smart-home and networking company Control4 Corp had a knockout year as demand for the company's products have skyrocketed. More families and businesses are making connected devices like smart lighting, smart entertainment systems, and connected security a part of their home, and Control4 is reaping the benefits.
The number of dealers selling its products are up 10% and through the first three reported quarters, revenues were up 16.5% and earnings per share adjusted for things like stock-based compensation and research and development were up 51%, leading to the stock's triple-digit return last year.
Will the same stocks repeat as top performers again in 2018? Maybe, maybe not. What is likely to happen for years to come, though, are rising share prices for technology companies as technology continues to shape more and more of the world we live in. That provides plenty of reason to continue investing in technology companies that are innovating and making new customers.


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Published: Jan 21, 2021
A Foodland supermarket at a Bangkok shopping mall has been closed for two days after being visited by a customer who later tested positive for Covid-19.
Published: Jan 11, 2019
The largest exhibition of inventions and innovations by makers in Southeast Asia: Maker Faire Bangkok 2019 : WE ARE ALL MAKERS, will be held next weekend in front of the Street Ratchada.
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Companies that are members of Singapore Airlines (SIA) HighFlyer programme in Singapore and Australia can now earn HighFlyer points when flying on Lufthansa- and SWISS-operated flights ticketed by Singapore Airlines on eligible sectors.
Points will be awarded for tickets issued by SIA or Silkair, for travel between Singapore, Australia, Germany, and Switzerland.
This partnership is part of the joint venture agreement signed by the two airline groups in November 2015, which aims to deepen cooperation in key markets in Europe, South-east Asia and Australia.
Both Lufthansa and SWISS are the first partner airlines to participate in the programme.
“We are constantly looking to reward our corporates when they fly with us, and we will continue to expand our choice of airline rewards for our HighFlyer members,” said Singapore Airlines’ senior vice president sales and marketing, Campbell Wilson, in a statement.
The HighFlyer Programme, designed primarily for small- and medium-sized enterprises, allows companies to earn five HighFlyer points for every S$1 (US$0.76) spent on tickets booked through Singapore Airlines’ corporate booking platform or an appointed travel agent. These points can be used as full payment, or part payment with a cash top-up, for tickets, upgrades and selected ancillaries used by employees of HighFlyer Programme participants.


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MILAN — Still reeling from “an extremely difficult January and February,” Luxottica Group SpA posted a 12.7 percent drop in net profits to 115.7 million euros, or $158.5 million, in the second quarter, compared with 132.6 million euros, or $181.6 million, in the same period the previous year.
However, a well-balanced brand portfolio and the performance of the Ray-Ban and Oakley brands in both their sun and optical businesses helped drive sales up 3.5 percent to 1.4 billion euros, or $1.92 billion, compared with 1.34 billion euros, or $1.84 billion, in the second quarter last year. Currency conversions were made at average exchange for the respective periods.
Hermès is launching a Laundromat pop-up shop in NYC - dubbed Hermèsmatic - where customers can bring their old scarves to be dip-dyed by an expert. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdnews (📷: @donstahl)


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Many of today’s kids could end up doing work that hasn’t been invented yet. We cannot predict what the future jobs might be but we can help our children prepare for it.According to Ayah Bdeir, founder of littleBits, confidence that they can be a creator and not just a consumer is the key in preparing them for jobs that don’t exist yet.By helping them how to adapt to this fast changing world, we not only help them prepare for the future but help them learn valuable lessons in life too.
Pokémon Go is getting bigger. Six months after its release, the game is getting its first major tranche of new pokémon, with fan favourites from the second generation of games including Pichu and Togepi joining the listing.
Automation was predicted to be misplacing human employees and replacing them with machines with artificial intelligence.However, the apprehension was replaced with hope because automation even created more jobs.
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Aside from being one of the most popular game of the year, "Clash Royale" will also held its final battle "Clash Royale: The Crown Duel" this December 17. Eight contenders will compete to win the amazing prizes!


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Hardware companies are preparing for the future launch of Microsoft's Windows OS on Arm but have differing views of what kinds of devices the OS will actually go into.
An Intel executive on Friday said that its Light Peak interconnect technology, designed to link PCs to devices like displays and external storage, is ready for implementation.
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Sprint Nextel will sell a WiMax version of the Research In Motion PlayBook tablet beginning this summer, the companies announced on Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Samsung hinted that it may make announcements about a phone running a dual-core processor, new tablets including some running Honeycomb and new Windows Phone 7 models at Mobile World Congress in February.
Intel on Thursday defended its Intel Insider feature in the latest Sandy Bridge PC chips, which secures streaming of high-definition movies from online movie services to PCs.
Almost a year to the day since Polaroid said it was signing on Lady Gaga as its creative director, the popular singer unveiled on Thursday the fruits of her labor at the imaging company.
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Intel expects the next version of Google's popular mobile software, Android 3.0, or Honeycomb, to be ready for use with its Atom microprocessors.
Verizon Wireless will introduce Cisco's Cius tablet for its fast LTE mobile broadband network in the spring of 2011, and the companies will also offer LTE interfaces for Cisco's second-generation Integrated Services Router for small and medium-size b...
At CES in Las Vegas, Olympus got off to a hot start by announcing two new digital cameras that are among the most interesting we've seen at the show so far. The fixed-lens Olympus XZ-1 is a high-end pocket camera that offers full manual controls and ...
Sony launched a duo of thin laptops at the Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday that offer a more affordable alternative to Apple's MacBook Air. The new Vaio S and Y portables start at $900 and $550, respectively. And although they cost less than ...
Intel today formally unveiled its line of Sandy Bridge chips at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, taking the wraps off a family of Core processors that includes dozens of new chips, with more to follow later this year.
Gigabyte Technology on Thursday released a series of high-speed motherboards designed to let more applications run at once, without losing speed, and to convert video 10 times faster than normal.
Microsoft said Wednesday that the next version of its Windows PC operating system will run on Arm processors, part of an effort to adapt Windows to the fast-growing market for tablet computers, where Apple and Google have gained traction.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.
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The ability to persistently link people’s identities and activities is a core theme of China’s raft of developing surveillance and population management schemes. It has arisen in the nascent social credit system, in DNA collection, in facial and voice recognition systems, in real name registration requirements for online accounts and other services, and in a proliferation of ID checks for services such as sending packages and taking long-distance transportation. This week brought news of major steps—one actual, one prospective—by U.S. tech giants Apple and Google to better facilitate this capability.
On Wednesday, Apple announced a trio of new iPhones whose features include long-awaited support for dual SIM cards. In most countries, the new iPhones will accommodate one physical SIM card, and one virtual “eSIM.” Phones sold in China, though, will take two physical SIM cards, an exceptionally unusual bifurcation of the company’s flagship hardware line. The Wall Street Journal’s Yoko Kubota and Tripp Mickle report that identity tracking appears to have been a decisive factor, as physical SIM cards are subject to real name registration requirements that eSIMs might circumvent.
An acronym for subscriber identity module, SIMs are microchips that allow smartphone users to access a wireless network. With dual SIM, users can use two phone numbers on one device.
Outside of China, the new iPhones feature a technology that blends a physical SIM with an eSIM technology, a digital embedded SIM that lets wireless subscribers store a second phone number on the device without a second physical SIM card.
But in China, that is a challenge because of regulations that require carriers and regulators to be able to track the device user’s identity. That would be difficult to do with eSIM, which would be embedded by Apple and not the carriers.
Therefore, Apple has added trays for those physical SIM cards in China alone, further complicating a difficult supply chain by requiring additional components and different production processes. [Source]
The WSJ reported last year that cellular connectivity for Apple Watches had been “abruptly cut off for new subscribers, without explanation,” citing similar suspicion that “the suspension likely stemmed from Chinese government security concerns related to tracking users of the device.” An analyst told the paper that “the eSIM [system] isn’t mature enough yet in China,” and “the government still needs to figure out how they can control the eSIM.” Apple now lists Apple Watch LTE connectivity as available in only seven cities, excluding Beijing, on China Unicom, and as “Coming 2018” on China Mobile and China Telecom. Its website warns that service availability “could be delayed or suspended” by the carriers.
Some analysts have pointed to the lack of eSIM support agreements with Chinese carriers to explain the hardware fork. This situation is far from unique, however: Apple lists only ten countries where eSIM support will initially be available, even there only from selected carriers. Carrier agreements do not therefore seem sufficient explanation for the unique arrangements Apple has made for China.
On Friday, meanwhile, The Intercept’s Ryan Gallagher reported new details of Google’s “Project Dragonfly,” a search engine it had been developing that could accommodate requirements from Chinese authorities and enable the company’s return to the Chinese market. The company’s apparent willingness to comply with censorship, as well as its refusal to clarify its intentions, have sparked widespread concern in the weeks since Gallagher first revealed them. The latest revelations highlight surveillance concerns, with news that Google planned to link search queries to users’ phone numbers, making them more easily traceable and personally identifiable. Searching for politically sensitive terms might therefore be not only fruitless, but actively dangerous.
Leading human rights groups have criticized Dragonfly, saying that it could result in the company “directly contributing to, or [becoming] complicit in, human rights violations.” A central concern expressed by the groups is that, beyond the censorship, user data stored by Google on the Chinese mainland could be accessible to Chinese authorities, who routinely target political activists and journalists.
Sources familiar with the project said that prototypes of the search engine linked the search app on a user’s Android smartphone with their phone number. This means individual people’s searches could be easily tracked – and any user seeking out information banned by the government could potentially be at risk of interrogation or detention if security agencies were to obtain the search records from Google.
“This is very problematic from a privacy point of view, because it would allow far more detailed tracking and profiling of people’s behavior,” said Cynthia Wong, senior internet researcher with Human Rights Watch. “Linking searches to a phone number would make it much harder for people to avoid the kind of overreaching government surveillance that is pervasive in China.”
The search engine would be operated as part of a “joint venture” partnership with a company based in mainland China, according to sources familiar with the project. People working for the joint venture would have the capability to update the search term blacklists, the sources said, raising new questions about whether Google executives in the U.S. would be able to maintain effective control and oversight over the censorship. [Source]
The news indicates that Google would re-enter China without one of the core principles to which it adhered last time around: what company biographer Steven Levy described in his book “In The Plex” as “a firm policy against storing personal data inside China—to avoid the problems of having the government demand that Google turn over the data” as Yahoo! had infamously been compelled to do for the prosecution of journalist Shi Tao. Many such precautions would now be illegal in any case under new rules like those in the 2017 Cybersecurity Law, which compelled Apple and others to move Chinese users’ cloud data to Chinese data centers earlier this year.
They are required to report illegal content they find during the provision of search services. https://t.co/F6fxR2rlKO and there are real name registration systems required for all internet access. https://t.co/8v0DIGp1LM
— China Law Translate (@ChinaLawTransl8) September 15, 2018
Before these latest revelations, Suzanne Nossel of the Pen American Center highlighted risks to Chinese users in an extensive article at Foreign Policy warning of the implications of Google’s acquiescence. The article draws on “Forbidden Feeds,” the organization’s March report on social media control in China. Though its focus is on social media platforms, its warnings are also relevant to traceable searches like those planned under Dragonfly.
For media companies, there is no wiggling free from government dictates. “China’s legal system conscripts domestic social media companies to be active participants in the monitoring and censorship of their own users. Chinese companies have no choice but to operate in accordance with the government’s demands. … Within the existing censorship framework, there is simply no way for foreign social media companies to operate in China without becoming active partners in the government’s efforts to silence dissent through censorship, mass surveillance, and the use of criminal charges,” the report adds.
[…] For ordinary users who take advantage of Google’s services, the government’s right to access personal data—such as search histories—housed on corporate servers would be absolute. An appendix to the PEN America report documents the cases of 80 Chinese citizens who have been targeted, detained, or prosecuted for online postings. The list includes people such as the writer Wu Yangwei, who was detained and strip-searched after broadcasting a press freedom protest online; the women’s rights activist Su Changlan, who was convicted of “subversion” for posting articles and comments supportive of Hong Kong’s Umbrella protests; and the blogger Duan Xiaowen, who has been imprisoned and tortured for blogging about government corruption. Another prominent example of an online dissident was 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, who died of liver cancer last year while serving an 11-year prison sentence in part for his role in drafting the online “Charter 08” petition on freedom and democracy. The prospect of Google helping to build cases against such courageous advocates is dire. [Source]
Earlier this week, Gallagher reported on one of several Google engineers who have resigned in protest at Project Dragonfly. In a letter to his employers, machine intelligence developer Jack Poulson wrote that “I view our intent to capitulate to censorship and surveillance demands in exchange for access to the Chinese market as a forfeiture of our values and governmental negotiating position across the globe.” Poulson later told Buzzfeed that “I’m offended that no weight has been given to the human rights community having a consensus. If you have coalition letter from 14 human rights organizations, and that can’t even make it into the discussions on the ethics behind a decision, I’d rather stand with the human rights organizations in this dispute.” Half a dozen other staff have reportedly left the company, while 1,700 have signed a letter demanding that ethical concerns be addressed.
The China controversy comes with Google under broader political and legal pressure at home in the U.S., and facing demands for global content takedowns from various other countries. Regarding the former, tech journalist Kara Swisher wrote in a New York Times op-ed on Thursday that “Washington politicians should take all their sanctimony and direct it at the China issue, which actually deserves some scrutiny.” Some have already done so: a cross-party group of 16 senators and representatives wrote to Google on Thursday, asking for clarity about its plans in China.
Apple’s Wednesday announcement, meanwhile, touched another political nerve. A slide used in the presentation listed the “markets”—not “countries”—where new products would be available at launch, and included Hong Kong and Taiwan separately from China. This prompted complaints echoing those aimed at several other foreign companies this year. On Weibo, the Communist Youth League posted a demand for explanation from Apple:
Official trolling is coming, thoughts and prayers for Apple. pic.twitter.com/6TbgpIJfUb
— Shawn Zhang (@shawnwzhang) September 13, 2018
The added highlighting suggests an argument stated outright in a Global Times editorial: that if Apple uses the term “U.S. Virgin Islands,” it should also use language like “China’s Hong Kong” or “China’s Taiwan.” “U.S.” is an integral part of the territory’s formal name, however, necessary to distinguish it from the British Virgin Islands or those under Puerto Rican jurisdiction. Puerto Rico itself appeared on the Apple slide without explicit statement of its status as another U.S. territory, further undermining the claim of a double standard.


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Just because Facebook users may not necessarily be able to afford something, that doesn’t mean they won’t like the brand’s Facebook page. Analytics provider Socialbakers reports that luxury brands still account for eight of the top 10 automobile brands on Facebook in terms of likes, with BMW topping the field at 13,554,778.
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Sprint has released a statement today in regards to the sales figures of the EVO. Apparently they made a mistake when they said the EVO has sold twice as many as the Pre and Instinct combined on their release day. What they meant
If you love Android but also like the styling of the Palm Pre you can soon have the best of both worlds. Introducing, the upcoming Alcatel OT-980 Android slider phone from a French OHA member and new comer to the Android game.
For the Android user who wants to go to Walt Disney World and needs to know the wait time for certain attractions in the famous park, TouringPlans.com has a solution. Lines, a mobile website that displays estimates of wait times
If you have seen one of the new Now Network TV Commercials from Sprint/Nextel, then you have notice how different – and better – those are in comparison to the old black and white with Dan Hesse in them. Well, Sprint
Customization is one of the big draws to open source devices like those running Android. Users can modify and customize their devices to their hearts content. One of the stranger ways to customize phones to me is to try to make
Multitouch support was dropped from the Android platform, and therefore the T-Mobile G1, after Apple requested it not be included. That’s the latest rumor, apparently confirmed by an unnamed Android team member, who
We are still presumably months away from the launch of what’s hyped to be 2009’s hottest handset, the Palm Pre. The timeframe hasn’t stopped a few, however, from beginning the port of Google’s open mobile OS, Android,


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ARLINGTON, Mass., March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Leader Bank, NA is excited to continue the Bank’s 20th anniversary celebration throughout the year with the launch of the Purchase Pass 20-Day Closing Guarantee, the new To arouse interestpodcast and a new logo commemorating two decades of service Greater Boston as one of the region’s leading community financial institutions.
“As we reflect on Leader Bank’s 20th anniversary, we would like to thank everyone who paved the way for us to reach this milestone – our founders, our board of directors, our amazing customers and our best team members,” said Sushil K. Tuli, Chairman and CEO of Leader Bank. “Constant innovation of our products and services to find the best banking solutions for our customers has driven two decades of unprecedented growth at the Bank and will remain an integral part of our mission in the future.”
In this spirit of continuous innovation and in honor of the 20and anniversary, Leader Bank is proud to introduce the Buy Pass 20 Day Closing Guarantee – the best way for our customers to ensure a quick closing of their new home. With the Buy Pass program, Leader Bank offers a fully underwritten loan commitment, a 20-day closing guarantee and, for qualified clients, a special 90-day “Lock and Shop” option allowing them to lock in an interest rate when buying a new home!
Leader Bank will also launch a new podcast, To arouse interestto 8 March which will include discussions of day-to-day banking and lending topics relevant to our clients and team members. Among the first guests of the podcast are the Chairman and CEO of Leader Bank Sushil K. TuliPresident Jay Tuliand Senior Vice President of Residential Loan Sales Sean Valiton. To arouse interest will be available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Play.
When it was created, Leader Bank had $6.5 million in assets and seven team members. Over the next two decades, the Bank became one of the world’s most successful financial institutions. Massachusetts with over $3 billion in assets and more than 400 team members. To celebrate these two decades of extraordinary growth and success, Leader Bank has unveiled a special issue 20and anniversary logo to be used throughout 2022. The Bank plans to offer special events and promotions to our customers and team members, as well as partner with charities throughout the year in honor of this special anniversary.
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Founded in 2002, Leader Bank is a Massachusettsan entrepreneurial financial institution based on a different banking approach. Leader Bank’s core principles include world-class customer service, exemplary products and innovation to meet the needs of its customers. Leader Bank’s top team members have been at the forefront of supporting the Bank’s rapid growth and customer-focused solutions over the past two decades as the Bank has continued to develop its commercial and retail products and solutions. Leader Bank is a committed corporate citizen and proud to partner with and support philanthropic organizations. You can find more information about Leader Bank at www.LeaderBank.com.
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Exclusive: Govt looking at making provisions on GeM portal to boost procurement from SC/ST MSMEs
Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: The annual procurement targets of 4 per cent from SC/ST units and 3 per cent from women entrepreneurs have never been met by the government buyers so far. In fact, the annual procurement from SC/ST businesses was highest at 0.54 per cent in FY19 and 0.50 per cent from women units in FY21.
Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: In order to boost public procurement from scheduled caste/scheduled tribe (SC/ST) entrepreneurs in the country, the government is looking at making provisions on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal that would also help enhance SC/ST MSMEs’ share in the overall 25 per cent annual procurement target of government buyers from micro and small enterprises.
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“Today, Vanity Fair debuts the cast of its follow-up, The Last Jedi, on four different covers, marking the first time we’ve released alternate Star Wars covers. Leibovitz’s full portfolio will be online Wednesday, along with our story on the making of the new film, written by David Kamp. The Summer issue of Vanity Fair will be on newsstands in New York and Los Angeles on May 31, and nationally on June 6. Readers in search of the full Vanity Fair–Star Wars experience, including all four covers, a commemorative poster, and early access, on May 24, to our digital editions, with lightsaber effects by Industrial Light & Magic, can purchase here.”
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The government of India, led by prime minister Narendra Modi, is struggling hard to chalk out a positive narrative for the Indian economy.
Even though the world’s fourth-fastest-growing economy hasn’t had a good year so far, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led regime insists things are fine.
BJP president Amit Shah recently dismissed concerns over a slowdown saying this was due to “technical reasons.” The Niti Aayog, a government think-tank, believes the downturn has already ended and that growth is expected in the next two quarters. Countering criticism from both within and outside the government, finance minister Arun Jaitley, on Sept. 28, said:
Growth rates are related to several factors, one of the factors is how you fit into the world. Is the world supportive or is the global economy stopping you from growing? There was a period from 2003 to 2008, when we grew with the global trend, and then the world slowed down. We became the fastest growing major economy for the first three years (of the Modi government).
But no amount of wordplay or manipulation seems to stem the tide of negative news: Slipping GDP growth, declining private spending and investments, falling jobs, decreasing industrial production, rising inflation, and rising current account deficit.
And brokerage houses and multilateral institutions are not buying the government’s story—not for this year.
Earlier this month, the United Nations lowered India’s growth estimates to 6.7% for FY17 as compared to the 7.1% in FY16. “The informal sector, which still accounts for at least one-third of the country’s GDP and more than four-fifths of employment, was badly affected by the government’s ‘demonetisation’ move in November 2016, and it may be further affected by the rollout of the goods and services tax (GST) from July 2017,” added the UN’s trade and development report.
The GST, introduced in July to streamline India’s otherwise multi-layered tax system, has taken a toll on India’s growth.
Earlier, the demonetisation of two high-value currency notes led to an acute months-long cash-crunch that took its toll on business and jobs, dragging the whole economy down.
Together, demonetisation and the GST have dragged down growth in the first quarter of this financial year to 5.7%—the slowest in the past three years.
Meanwhile, Macquarie Research also expects GDP growth to slump to 6.7% in this financial year (pdf). The global research firm believes that even in FY19, the economy will be able to stage only a mild recovery. India Ratings and Research, an arm of the global rating agency Fitch, too, has slashed the estimates to 6.7% from the earlier estimated 7.4%.
Earlier, the Asian Development Bank revised its India growth forecast for this year to 7% from its previous estimate of 7.4%. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, on its part, lowered the figure to 6.7% from its earlier projection of 7.3%.
Now all eyes are set on the Reserve Bank of India’s bi-monthly policy meet on Oct. 04. However, the central bank is also expected to change the country’s growth forecast for this year.


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Chinese tech giant Huawei is going through a tough phase as it deals with a ban from the U.S. in terms of trade. The trade limitations set on the company by Trump’s administration has prevented the Chinese giant to sell its 5G tech in the U.S. But Huawei is not ready to give up and is ready to give a tough fight. Vincent Pang, the senior Vice President at the company said that it has just approached the companies in the US to license its 5G tech. But the talks are early.
Discussions have been on since about a few weeks and reports say that a few companies have also shown interest in long term as well as short term deals. Pang stayed diplomatic by not predicting any deal said that they would have to take things with patience and not hurry in to anything that might cost them. Possibilities of such deals was given out by Ren Zhengfei, the founder of Huawei in September. But at that time things were not clear as it could not be predicted if any of the companies would be interested.
The actual issue is something else as the company still has its name on the Entity List of the US Commerce Department. The Entity List prevents the company from trading with any of the US firms without permission. This means that even if a deal is cracked between the two companies, that would lead to a violation of the new policies. American politicians have a suspicion that Huawei might slip in some of the surveillance software in the devices manufactured by the company and that might pose a threat to the country’s security.
Despite all the hurdles, Huawei is doing its best with the ongoing trade issues with the US and has developed its own operating system known as the Harmony OS. The giant is keeping itself safe from all sides by making arrangements for itself.


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Last week, the US President Donald Trump introduced tariffs on imported steel and aluminium, but he exempted the EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea from these regulations.
American President justified his decision with the national security. However, China and India were not included in the agreement on tariffs.
The Indian corporation Arcelor Mittal is owner of Zeljezara Zenica (Steelworks Zenica), and there is a question now on whether Trump’s decision on tariffs will affect domestic production of steel.
BH steelworks are mostly related to neighbouring countries, but they certainly might feel the consequences of imposed US import tariffs in the long run. The EU is a large trading partner of the United States, with which BiH achieves foreign trade, as well as with China, to which Trump introduced import tariffs on steel. Therefore, small economies, such as BiH, will go through difficult challenges in trade wars of the great powers.
According to the data of the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH, our country exported iron and steel in the amount of 519.2 million BAM last year, while our imports amounted to a total of 562.8 million BAM. We export the most iron and steel to Serbia, Romania and Kosovo, and we import from Italy, Serbia and Slovenia.


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CUNA joined with trade organizations in the press and in a letter to Congress urging the repeal of the Durbin Amendment, highlighting the damage it has done to consumers. The Durbin Amendment, part of the Dodd-Frank Act, requires a limit on fees charged to retailers for debit card purchases.
The letter was sent to Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), chair of the House Financial Services Committee, and Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas), chair of the House Financial Services subcommittee on financial institutions and consumer credit.
In the letter, CUNA and its partners thank the congressmen for their legislative efforts to repeal the Durbin amendment. Hensarling’s Dodd-Frank alternative bill contains language repealing the amendment, and Neugebauer introduced a standalone bill to repeal the amendment.
“It is now clear that the only way to reverse the damaging impact on financial institutions of all sizes and customers is to repeal the Durbin amendment in its entirety,” the letter reads. “We support a well-regulated payment system based on laws that provide a frame-work for constant product improvement, but the Durbin Amendment did not serve any traditional regulatory purpose--it simply enshrined into law a “permanent” economic benefit for one well-heeled industry.”
The letter cites the increased cost to credit unions and community banks, which were intended to be exempt from the law.
“The Durbin Amendment intended to exclude small issuers from interchange fee-ceiling restrictions, but the law offers no such exemption from the costly and burdensome network routing and exclusivity provisions--a process that involves substantial and recurring administrative costs on top of an already challenging cost environment,” the letter reads.
In the op-ed, published in The Hill, CUNA and its partners praise the legislation from Hensarling and Neugebauer, and cites studies that show customers have not seen any point-of-sale price drop in the wake of the Durbin Amendment.
“For more than four years price-fixed interchange fees have enabled retailers to enjoy an extra $36 billion in revenue under the Durbin Amendment--at the expense of customers,” the op-ed reads. “Despite assurances that this income would be passed on to debit customers in the form of lower prices, retailers have taken advantage of this defective policy to pad their bottom lines leaving customers with broken promises and empty wallets.”
The joint letter was signed by CUNA, the American Bankers Association, Consumer Bankers Association, Financial Services Roundtable, Independent Community Bankers of America (CBA) and National Association of Federal Credit Unions.
The op-ed was penned by CUNA President/CEO Jim Nussle, along with CBA President/CEO Richard Hunt, ICBA President/CEO Camden Fine and NAFCU President/CEO B. Dan Berger.


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ECHO PARK — The maker of canvas tote bags that sell for as much as $100 each will be opening its very first store in the former home of a Sunset Boulevard locksmith.
Pacific Tote Company, which makes its bags in limited batches of unique colors and designs, plans to sell its canvas and beach totes along with items that typically go into a beach bag – such as lip balm and sun hats – in the small space once occupied by Herb’s Key Shop in the 1800 block of Sunset Boulevard.
“It is a neighborhood store rather than a typical retail box,” said Duffy Culligan, one of the Hollywood company’s co-creative directors. “We want it to be a fun, colorful place to visit and hang out.”
The company’ line of bags are priced from $80 to $100 online. How can canvas bags cost so much? Culligan explained that designing and making durable and unique bags that are cut and sewn in L.A does not come cheap:
All of our fabric is dyed and finished in the US, all of our bags are designed, cut and sewn in Los Angeles, we use very thick (but not stiff), premium-quality #8 canvas, with a nice double layered bottom. Knowing how much it actually costs to construct a high quality, heavy canvas tote bag in the US, I often feel the pertinent question is what makes other bags cost much less than ours.
The price has not deterred customers; many of the $100 tote bags are sold out online.
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The bottom line is that we ALL need to drive less. Fuel efficient cars will never be enough. The federal government is buying into the hype that we need more and bigger highways to move more vehicles. The advertising biz is in on the plan too, encouraging us to buy cars that establish our identity, that make us feel powerful, sexy, and even environmentally conscious. The influence is coming from the industry of course, with the constant goal of selling more cars, whether gasoline powered or electric. The recent introduction of electric cars to Asbury Park is to make it possible to live car-free, but still be able to access a vehicle when necessary. Reduce use, and reduce congestion and the use of fossil fuels. That’s the idea Asbury Park!
“Improvements in vehicle efficiency and vehicle electrification are being undermined by the way we design and spend money on our roadways. New highways, roads, and lanes induce more driving (Vehicle Miles Travleled, or VMT), which leads to more emissions and ultimately more congestion. This is called “induced demand.” In fact, driving increases in exact proportion with lane-mileage—a 10% increase in lane miles will lead to a 10% increase in driving.
Though building more highways increases emissions, federal transportation spending actually encourages more driving and undermines limited investments in biking, walking, and transit.”
Electric cars won’t save the planet without a clean energy overhaul – they could increase pollution
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This blog is a summary of a February 14, 2023 discussion on Twitter Spaces. Quotes have been edited for clarity. You can listen to the full conversation on Twitter here.
In the latest release, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index rose 0.5% in January on a seasonally adjusted basis after increasing by only 0.1% in December. The Brookings Institution once again gathered experts David Wessel (The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy), Wendy Edelberg (The Hamilton Project), and Jason Furman (Harvard University) to discuss the latest report and its implications for the economy as a whole.
You can listen to the full discussion on Twitter here.
A MIXED REPORT LEANING NEGATIVE
The latest CPI report was a bit confusing. The month-to-month increase in prices was greater in January than in December, but the trailing 12-month measure, often cited by the press, fell for the seventh month.“I broadly think inflation is getting worse,” said Furman, noting that the headline year-over-year decline in prices is misleading: “It tells you more about high inflation months from a year ago dropping out of the twelve-month window than it does about the months being added.” Looking at the last three months, a more meaningful time frame, core inflation (that is excluding volatile food and energy prices) grew at a 4.6% annualized rate, faster than the three-month reading in the last report. “Those annual rates aren’t really getting any better, and they’re very far from what the Fed would like to see, and far frankly from what we thought they were going to be a month ago,” he said. January’s numbers were more in line with what many forecasters had been expecting last fall, as opposed to the November and Decemember readings that showed a sharp decline in the pace of inflation.
Focusing on the month-over-month increase in core goods prices, which had fallen in the two previous months, Edelberg shared Furman’s concerns. “It wasn’t a big increase, but this is a category that is going to have to do a lot of work for us in getting inflation to moderate without a lot of pain,” said Edelberg, “Because this is where you would expect the improvements in supply chains and reductions in energy prices that make transporting goods expensive, this is where you expect all of that to show up.”
WHAT ABOUT WAGES?
“I am extraordinarily confident that the current pace of the labor market is not sustainable”
While goods prices were up slightly in January, service inflation is now the primary contributor to overall inflation. A large part of those costs is paying workers, and while wages haven’t kept up with inflation on average over the last year, they are increasing. “The labor market by any measure is quite tight, and wage growth is about 1.5 points faster than it was prior to COVID,” said Furman. Edelberg added that, in addition to the tight labor market, employers passing on some of the price increases of the last year in order to keep employees on was likely a factor in recent wage growth. Importantly, looking forward, Edelberg argued that the labor market would have to cool in order to keep wage growth from contributing to future inflation: “I am extraordinarily confident that the current pace of the labor market is not sustainable just given our population growth and what we expect is going to happen to labor force participation.”
UNCLEAR WHETHER FED HAS CONTAINED INFLATION EXPECTATIONS
Wessel noted that an important part of the Fed’s work is managing inflation expectations, as what investors, employers, and workers think is going to happen can directly affect prices and wages. As to whether the Fed has succeeded in, as monetary policy wonks put it, anchoring inflation expectations, Furman said that it depends on what time horizon one looks at. While in the long run (5-years out), all groups think inflation will return to a sustainable level, short term expectations are mixed: “Both businesses and consumers are expecting much more inflation over the next year than financial markets are,” said Furman. He explained that he did not expect the Fed to back away from raising rates: “It does seem to me that one side of the Fed’s mandate is 100% satisfied, the employment side; the inflation side is not. I would expect that they’re going to need to do more, not just wait.”
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ORLANDO, FL – Mike Sperduti (pictured) urged Medtrade attendees last week to ditch the negative “upsell” term in favor of “upcare” in a one-hour presentation titled, Upcaring: The Key to Cash Sales.
“I have gotten snickers when I talk about love and selling,” says Sperduti, founder of Emerge Sales and co-host of HME Voice. “If your intention is loving and caring about your patients, you are going to sell the hell out of your products. You can bring value to patients and their families.”
Sperduti maintains that the art of cash sales is a learned skill that transcends the mere pursuit of money. “Ask yourself: ‘Would you recommend the product to a loved one?’” says Sperduti. “You create happiness when you do your jobs right, and you do immeasurable sadness when you do your jobs wrong. Your people need to understand how important that they are.”
According to the results of a survey conducted by Sperduti, increasing sales via the Internet may not be a good use of time for those looking to go after the older demographic. “About 94% of seniors [in the survey] did not do online research on the provider before ordering,” he says. “They trust their caregivers to make the recommendation.”
Mike Sperduti’s entire presentation (including many more survey results), along with numerous other informative sessions, will soon be available for purchase via the Medtrade Digital Conference. More information on price and availability will be coming soon in the next issue of Medtrade Monday.


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The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service on Wednesday named retailers in nine states that may have received tainted beef.
Two days earlier, the FSIS announced that 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products were being recalled on fears that they could be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
The federal agency named five stores in nine states. They are as follows:
Recalled cases of beef from Wolverine Packing Company in Detroit were produced between March 31, 2014, and April 18, 2014.
Based on investigations, 11 people across four states are suspected to have been sickened by the product.


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Since Apple has made its entry in the augmented reality and virtual reality, there has been developers and companies that are working to different technology associated with it. There has also been lots of rumor regarding Apple working on its own VR headset. Though there has not been any official confirmation of this fact, the recent patents assigned to Apple adds to this rumor. But, that is the one for future. For, now other companies have decided to develop the VR headset for iPhone. Google Daydream and Samsung Gear VR are the two VR headsets which are compatible with Android devices.
Some might say that Google Cardboard can also work with iPhones but its capabilities get limited in comparison to Android devices. The Bridge is a mixed reality and Virtual Reality headset which is compatible with iPhone. It offers inside out tracking and a six degree of freedom positional tracking. The headset is capable of providing full room scale VR experience. The Bridge headset is created by Occipital (a San Francisco based start-up). The headset is compatible with iPhone 6, 6s and iPhone 7. The headset offers the resolution of 326 PPI with 60fps refresh rate.
The headset is powered by Bridge engine which allows the developers to develop mixed reality apps. In the demonstration, the company showed a mixed reality app Bridget (a tiny robot) which races around the real-world object to retrieve a virtual ball thrown by the user. The company believes that this is just a simple and expects the developers to come up with more brilliant apps.
The headset bundle also comes with the custom Bluetooth controller, bridge controller, a structured sensor and a head mounted display. More detailed information related to the headset can be found on the company’s website. The initial cost of the headset is $399 and the users can order it from the official website of Occipital. Well, Apple might not ready for the release of its VR headset but Occipital has sure provided iPhone users with a great VR headset option.
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Every man knows that nothing will ever beat a good old fashioned straight blade shave from your local barber shop. But when pressed for time in the morning
The end of the year is upon us, and that means it's time to get those New Year's resolutions set in motion. If you're like me and have difficulty...
Instead of the iPhone or iPad dominating the news this week, Apple TV is stepping into the limelight with its recent additions to its channel lineup....
Samsung revealed the Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch at last week's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.
Now that I have given you my best 5 smartphones of 2014, I just couldn't leave out all the other technology coming out of MWC and CES.
2014 is shaping up to be one impressive year in terms of new feature packed smartphones. The two big consumer tech shows (CES and Mobile World Congress)...
Looking for a new affordable car that delivers big in the tech department? Well make sure to check out these 5 best tech cars now!
Sony just announced their all new flagship handset the Xperia Z2 earlier this morning at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Microsoft hopes to grab a bigger share of the cloud storage market with its new OneDrive service.
Chip maker Intel will focus heavily on mobile this year, starting with an improvement to its Bay Trail-T tablet platform.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is expected to launch soon, and it may feature a 5.2-inch 1080p display and a possible eye scanner.
UK firm Charge-it has partnered with South African company RiCharge to distribute free charging stations in malls and other public locations.
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On September 19, GSL Associate Director Patrick Fafard was interviewed by Radio-Canada in order to contextualize a recent string of news items coming out of the vaping industry. A series of strange illnesses and tragic deaths has put legislators, patient advocates and other major public health stakeholders on high alert. Some now call for stricter regulation of the e-cigarette market. In the United States, the government is considering a complete ban on flavoured vaping products.
In his interview, Prof. Fafard discussed these potential regulations. Examples including a ban of flavoured vaping products, or regulating the nicotine concentration of e-liquids are, according to Fafard, possible future steps that could be taken in the Canadian market. He also discussed the downside of regulating the vaping market too harshly. Restricting access to vaping products could lead consumers back to combustible tobacco products, whose consumption rate has been steadily decreasing.
The segment, which is titled ‘Le vapotage, populaire et... dangereux ?’, is available in French here.


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Under Armour, a developer and distributor of athletic apparel, footwear, and accessories, is quite unique in being able to boast of the kind of growth it has exhibited over the past few years. The company has posted an increase of greater than 20% in top line growth for 18 consecutive quarters and over 30% top line growth for the last four quarters. Since the company went public in 2005, its stock has grown ten-fold in value. Recently, the company over took European sports giant Adidas to become the second largest athletic wear company in the U.S. But the company is not resting on its laurels and is looking to grow even more.
To this end, the company underwent significant management changes toward the end of 2014, with multiple managers moving to different positions in different divisions to bring their expertise to various aspects of the business. Below, we take a look at what the company plans to achieve with this managerial shuffle.
We have a $74 price estimate for Under Armour, which is about 12% higher than the current market price.
Growing Footwear Is a Major Concern
Under Armour is a relative newcomer in the footwear market. Even in the U.S., from where the company earns nearly 90% of its revenues, the Under Armour brand only has a 2.5% share of the market. Compared to this, Nike has nearly 25% of the global sports footwear market and 60% of the U.S. sports footwear market including the Jordan and Converse brands. The overall global sports footwear market is only expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.5%, expanding to reach $87 billion from the current $78 billion, by 2020. This makes the task of gaining market share in the footwear space more challenge than it already is.
If Under Armour is to increase its market share, it will have to grow at a faster rate than the overall market, which means that it will have to attract customers away from competitors like Nike, Adidas, Puma, Skechers, Asics, and Wolverine. This fight for market share is going to first materialize in the stores of footwear retailers like Foot Locker. These retailers only offer limited floor space to companies and that limits the number of shoes they can sell. One reason for Under Armour’s low market share is simply the limited number of volumes it sells compared to Nike. Currently, Under Armour is only banking on its running category, which it can up-sell by leveraging its recently acquired fitness technology, MapMyFitness. But in the future, it will have to expand to other categories, like training, baseball, and soccer, which will be key for international growth. Comparatively, Nike offers running, basketball, baseball, soccer, training, and casual shoes, in addition to slippers and children’s footwear, and it is an influential name in each of these categories. It is possible for Under Armour to channel Nike in terms of market presence, but it first must find people willing to sell all these shoes. For that it will have to take away floor space in these retail chains from competitors, which can only be triggered by the exceptional performance of the Under Armour shoes at these stores.
The man entrusted with overseeing this task appears to be former COO Kip Fulks. The company is starting to do well in its footwear operations. In the last quarter, while the overall revenue grew by 30%, footwear revenue grew by more than 50%. The main reason for this jump in revenue was the performance of the company’s new line of running shoes, SPEEDFORM. The shoe surprised industry watchers with the reception it received in the press and consumers responded equally enthusiastically to the shoe when it was released in the market in April 2014. The more than 50% jump in year-over-year footwear revenues shows that the company’s push into this market segment is now working.
International Growth Is Another Opportunity
The majority of these changes were made to affect the company’s international operations. In the most recent quarter, Under Armour’s international revenues grew by more than 90% year-over-year. Even after that stellar performance, international revenues still account for less than 10% of the company’s overall revenues. Former senior VP of North American sales Adam Peake has now moved to the position of global head of marketing. The company has previously stated that it would one day like its international revenues to be at least half the size of its overall business. Moreover, the company plans to expand its operations in the markets of Asia, Europe, Australia, and Latin America. The share of international sales in overall sales is forecast to rise from 6% in 2013 to 12% by 2016.
Attracting More Customers To The Brand
Under Armour bought the fitness tracking app MapMyFitness in 2013 for about $150 million. The app allows users to track their fitness with the use of multiple brands of fitness trackers like jawbone and fitbit. Additionally, the company is looking to partner with HTC on a completely new fitness-tracking hardware device to go along with the app. The revenue generation capacity of the app is probably miniscule at best. However, it will work as a marketing tool for the company. The strategy will be to attract fitness conscious consumers to the brand through the use of the app, and then try to sell them the company’s apparel, footwear, and accessories product that meet their needs. Additionally, the company will also gain access to data that allows it insight into the needs of consumers and use it to design products in the future. It should not be surprising if in the near future the company, which is already working on smart clothing that allows it to incorporate technology into active wear, starts taking market share away from Nike in the digital fitness market.
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A foodie was left scratching his head after spotting an unusual item in an Asian grocery store – before it was revealed to be a unique type of nut.
Food and culture blogger Adrian Widjy saw bat-shaped black nuts called Ling Jiao or buffalo chestnuts in a supermarket near his home and had to try them himself.
Followers were impressed by the appearance of the “otherworldly” looking food which was reminiscent of a Halloween decoration.
Others were familiar with the chestnut and said they had tried it before and grew up eating it.
“What is this,” Adrian, from Sydney, asked in an online message. video when he spotted a container full of nuts at Marketplace by Hen Lee in Burwood.
Food and culture blogger Adrian Widjy shocked his followers after revealing that strange bat-like supermarket finds were actually edible water chestnuts or Ling Jiao.
Ling Jiao, also known as water caltrops and water chestnuts, are not nuts but ornate seeds that grow in water and have a crunchy texture and sweet, nutty flavor.
Adrian bought a handful of chestnuts and boiled them for 15 minutes before tasting them himself.
He was interested to see that they had a “pure white interior” and a “woodier” chestnut smell and taste.
More than 333,800 users viewed Adrian’s ‘fascinating’ video posted on his social media and were left shocked by the ‘creepy’ weirdos.
“I thought it was a Halloween decoration,” one woman said and another added: “I thought you were eating a bat.”
Adrian bought the chestnuts and boiled them before tasting them himself. He was interested to see that they had a “pure white interior” and a “woodier” chestnut smell and taste.
Many were impressed by the appearance of the otherworldly food while others were familiar with the chestnut saying they had tried it before and even grew up eating it.
“Why are you eating Maleficent’s horns?” joked a third.
‘What ??!! I thought it was some sort of mini devil’s head!!’ someone exclaimed and another remarked, “It’s like something out of Harry Potter.”
Others shared their own nostalgic memories of chestnuts, with one saying: “In Malaysian-Chinese culture, we have them during the Mid-Autumn Festival! Bring back childhood memories.
“We ate it growing up. They are easily available in India. The Indians call them Singhara, and it’s a funny name,” replied a second.
‘My favorite food. I’m also trying to plant some in my pond,” someone chimed in.


text: Luminate Law partner Elijah Yip will be speaking to the American Marketing Association, Hawaii Chapter about the California Consumer Protection Act at a Lunch & Learn seminar on November 14, 2019. The CCPA is California’s new data privacy law that will take effect on January 1, 2020. The seminar will cover the applicability of the CCPA to Hawaii businesses and their advertising and marketing activities. Elijah will also share tips on preparing for compliance with the new privacy law. For tickets, register on Eventbrite.


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US stock index futures traded virtually unchanged on Wednesday morning as investors prepare for the long-awaited decision by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday to tighten monetary policy. Yesterday, many took profits after an unsuccessful attempt by bulls to break through to the next historical highs earlier this week in the hope of a smoother change in the policy of the central bank due to the risk of a negative impact on the economy of a new strain of coronavirus – omicron.
When it became clear that changes could not be avoided, and high inflation, which broke records in the 1980s, was to blame, traders preferred to lock in profits. Particular pressure was observed in the high-tech NASDAQ index. This morning, Dow futures added 30 points, while the S&P 500 did not change. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.2%.
In the evening, the Federal Reserve System will conclude its two-day monetary policy meeting, and the public will hear from central bank Chairman Jerome Powell the whole concept that the central bank is going to adhere to next year. We are waiting for the results of the Fed meeting. Let me remind you that the Fed is struggling with the highest inflation rate in 39 years, and it is expected that the central bank will announce an acceleration of the reduction of its bond purchase program, which was used during the pandemic to support the economy.
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On the other hand, if everything goes fairly smoothly and according to plan, market demand may return, since the Fed's tougher approach to its policy is not news to anyone. The main thing, in this case, is that Powell does not announce new changes that the markets are not counting on. In any case, it should be understood that today's decisions will lead to radical changes in the Fed's policy, which will clear the way for the first interest rate hike next year. At least two such increases are expected.
Market expectations are that the Fed will halve the pace of bond purchases to $30 billion – this will put an end to $120 billion in monthly asset purchases by about March next year. Then, according to forecasts, the central bank will raise rates three times in each of the next two years, starting in June 2022.
But some believe that the Fed chairman is unlikely to offer any specific time frame when the funds' rate hike will begin. Most likely, he will confirm that it is necessary to move faster than previously stated. However, whether he will abandon the statement that the central bank will start raising interest rates only after the situation on the labor market and in the economy has fully stabilized is a big question.
Most agree that the Fed will not say something new that financial markets do not expect. Some recent stock market volatility may decrease after this two-day meeting and its press conference, and after that, there will be another wave of growth, which will be supported by a stable and developing American economy.
Retail sales data for November of this year are also expected today. Economists expect retail sales to have risen 0.8% in November, compared with an increase of 1.7% in October.
And before going through the premarket, I would like to draw attention to the fact that Americans can count on additional payments from the US tax office by the end of this year. The American Rescue Plan Act abolished the 2020 federal unemployment benefits tax of up to $10,200 per person. To date, the IRS has identified 16 million people who can claim tax refunds or other benefits. As of November 1, the agency has sent more than 11.7 million refunds worth $ 14.4 billion. The IRS plans to send another tranche by the end of the year. However, many people eligible for tax breaks filed their annual tax returns before President Joe Biden signed the law on March 11. This requires a review and a longer consideration of applications for compensation.
Now let's run through the premarket and look at the company news:
Tesla's securities continue to trade on the premarket in the red, having lost about 0.63% after closing yesterday in the red zone. Another profit-taking and the "drain" of the company's shares by its CEO, Elon Musk, does not inspire confidence in investors, but this is not critically reflected in the market in any way. More details in the article: Elon Musk continues to get rid of Tesla shares.
By the way, Elon Musk was named "Man of the Year" by the Financial Times newspaper today, two days after receiving a similar recognition from Time magazine. The FT said it had chosen Musk as the initiator of a historic shift in the global automotive industry towards electric vehicles.
Shares of Apple Inc sank slightly in the premarket, but then returned to yesterday's closing level due to the risks of a new strain of omicron coronavirus. The company said in a statement that all customers and employees must now wear masks at their retail stores in the United States. Last month, Apple lifted its ban on masks for customers at more than 100 of the company's roughly 270 stores in the United States as the number of coronavirus cases declined.
As for the technical picture of the S&P 500
The bulls failed to return above $4,665, which led to an instant sale of the trading instrument. Only a return above this range will allow us to count on updating the highs and on the index going to the area: $4,718 and $4,761. If traders fail to regain the $4,665 level today, and much depends on the results of the Fed meeting, the decline may continue. A break of $4,611 will strengthen the market correction, which will collapse the trading instrument to the area of $4,551. However, many market participants do not expect serious pressure on the indices after the final meeting of the central bank.


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It seems that VR can sometimes bring out either the worst or the best in people. A woman who was playing a multiplayer VR game was harassed, while VR users on the PSVR and PS4 subreddits raised money to give a Playstation 4 and a Playstation VR to a young man with cerebral palsy.
QuiVR is a multiplayer VR archery game for the HTC Vive in which you team up with up to three other players online to defend a fortress from being attacked by monsters. A woman tried QuiVR and things were initially going well. One of the other players, “BigBro442,” figured out she was a woman because her headset microphone was on. He then made grabbing and pinching motions toward her chest. Even as the woman protested, yelled and moved away, he pursued her and even made grabbing motions at her crotch. The incident was particularly troubling for the woman because she had been assaulted before, and she felt similar shock and disgust, even though she was not being physically assaulted. Sadly, when she Tweeted about it, many people were unsympathetic and pooh-poohed her, claiming that she was just “whining.”
Similar incidents have been known to happen to other women in other multiplayer VR games and apps such as Altspace VR, where users can meet other people in VR through avatars. Altspace has since developed a personal bubble feature that will prevent people from entering their personal space. QuiVR’s developer said that he would implement a similar feature as well.
VR INSPIRES COMPASSION
While VR has brought out the worst in some people, VR has inspired people to be more compassionate. Last week, redditors from the r/PS4 and r/PSVR subreddits raised money for a redditors’ brother with cerebral palsy to buy him a PS4 and a Playstation VR. Enough money was raised to buy two more VR games as well.
Other VR users have also tried to share VR with people with disabilities. This summer, Dillon Hill, a 17-year old from Sacramento created a charity called Gamers’ Gift to allow people with physical or mental disabilities to feel experiences in virtual reality that would otherwise be difficult impossible for them, such as skydiving or touring the Grand Canyon. Dillon has taken his HTC Vive to nursing homes and children’s hospitals.


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Sigma has posted a YouTube Premiere video teasing a new Sigma Stage Online event set to take place at 9pm JST (UTC+09:00) on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.
As is typical of these teasers from Sigma, no additional information has been shared about what products we can expect to see. It’s worth noting though that the event is only scheduled to last 30 minutes, so it should be a fairly short and sweet presentation.
You can go ahead and set a reminder using the YouTube embed above so you don’t forget to watch come time. You can read the full announcement on Sigma Global’s website.
Canon’s EOS R7 is a 33MP APS-C enthusiast mirrorless camera built around the RF mount. It brings advanced autofocus and in-body stabilization to the part of the market currently served by the EOS 90D.
The Canon EOS R10 is a 24MP APS-C mirrorless camera built around Canon’s RF mount. It’s released alongside a collapsible 18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM zoom to give a usefully compact, remarkably ‘Rebel’-like camera.
Chris and Jordan took a trip to sweltering Florida to test out Canon’s new RF-Mount APS-C cameras. Give it a watch to find out our initial impressions.
The new Panasonic Leica 9mm F1.7 sure is tiny and cute, but is it a good choice for Micro Four Thirds users? Our team at DPReview TV has the answers.